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William Ames and Richard Ames: Genealogy, 1799-1959 WILLIAM AMES and RICHARD AMES Genealogy 1799-1959 William Ames, 1799 and Richard Ames, 1807 to Descendants, 1959 The Escutcheon of this family was Argent on a bend sabre Three White Roses of the field. August 22, 1959 OUTLINE FORM of DESCENDANTS of Richard and Anna Maria (Hellriggle) Ames I through VI are Richard's children A, B, C, etc. are Richard's grandchildren 1., 2., 3., etc. are Richard's great-grandchildren a., b., c., etc. are Richard's great-great-grandchildren (1), (2), (3), etc. are Richard's great-great-great-grand­ children {a), {b), (c}, etc. are Richard's great-great-great-great­ grandchildren Page I. Ames-Fisher 2 I. Ames-Tyson 14 II-III Eddie and Pelham 16 IV Ames-Jones 16 IV Ames-Harp 17 V Ames-Weeks 19 VI Ames-Weeks 19 Ames became a family name about the 14th Century. Prior to that period as is brought out in this preface, many changes occurred in the spelling that were finally accepted as Ames. 1. Richard Ames, 1807, Dedham, Massachusetts to Bloomington, Illinois ( 6 children) 2. Hon. Fisher Ames, 1758, Dedham, Massachusetts (7 children) 3. Dr. Nathaniel Ames, 1708 West Bridgewater to Ded­ ham, Massachusetts (5 children) 4. Nathaniel Ames, 1677 West Bridgewater (6 children) 5. John Ames, 1647 (8 children) 6. William Ames, 1608, Bruton, Somersetshire, England ( 6 children) 7. Richard Ames was one of the sons of another William Ames in Bruton and father of the William mentioned last along with a John Ames who died in West Bridge-­ water. Richard. died in 1615, after fathering John in 1610, and William in 1608. 8. William Ames, father of the Richard mentioned above, died in England in 162.6 - raising the two grandchild­ ren, John and William who came to the colonies. Some references name him as their father, but he merely raised them from 1615 to 1626. 9. William Ames who died in 1588, 1s supposed to be the father of the above William, grandfather of John and William who came to West Bridgewater a·nd Braintree. He had at least one other son, Marshall Ames, who stayed in England. 1 10. John Ames died in 1560 and was the father of the a­ bove William, along with Launcelot Ames who stayed in England, and John Ames who married Margery Crowe, to father the Ames families of Massachusetts and Connecticut; notably, Farmingham, Marshfield, Boxford, Boston, etc. in Massachusetts, and New London, Norwich, Preston, etc. in Conn. 1150 to 1250 native literature the 'Old" to the "New". Another period of progress was ·necessary to bring about in its fullness the dawn of Literary English Renaissance. Men of the highest culture continued to write in each of the three or four varieties of English. It must not be sup­ posed that the tendencies that ultimately resulted in the formation of a uniformly written language began to go before the fourteenth century closed. We find ourselves here in this nomenclature now in the midst of these va­ rieties. The spelling as is noted with "m" was changed through the centuries likely by the Application of art in phonetics. This John Eames was either Heismes or Jeames lineages - if Heismes, he traces to Viscount of Heismes of 978 A.D.; if Jeames, he was son of a king of Scotland. 11. Above might have been another William Eames - and thus unrelated to the lineage, suggested in (10). 12. Above might also have been descended from a younger son in the Amys lineage; which can be traced through heirs only. I have uncovered the following names, all of which have at least one family in American citizenship spelling it Ames now: Heismes, Elms, Ems, Emma, Jeames, Amos, Hamoise, Aimee, Eyame, Ami, Ame, Amys, all in early spelling which have changed. Many variations of each took place before the standard anglicized versions of the word, which we know today as Ames; was accepted. Such as: Elms became Ellmes; Emma became Emms; Eyams became first Iams, then lames, and Aimes; Amys became Amyce; Amos became Amass; Amiss, Amis, Ems, Emes, .. 11 Eams, all finally to agree upon the name Eames. But later dropping the letter 1E 11 to become Ames. Three basic lineages go back hundreds of years. 1. Sons of the ''Widow Amy'' located 1250, in England. 2. Heismes descendants of Viscount of Heismes Normandy, about 978 A.D. 3. Jeames, old Scottish name, originating in one of the six Jeames King of Scotland. My personal opinion is that the Heismes group clung to Ireland pretty closely and that the Somersetshire Eames and Ames families were descended from the Jeames King of Scotland. There is no proof of this, but as much exists as for either of the other conclusions. My reason - numerous descendants of that strain from Bridgewater in Mass. have Scottish dialects and then the size and complexion of Scotch rather than Britons. They al"so drive a hard bargain which is notoriously Scotch. Excerpt from "Ames is the Name" by Richard D. Ames, 4205 Queensbury Rd., Hyattsville, Maryland. iii The ~-meses of Bruton Somersetshire, England set out for the Colonies and in 1638, some of them settled at Brain­ tree and West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. An attempt in 1958 to relate John and William Ames with some thou­ sands of Ameses throughout the States today is a difficult study since so many families never kept records of their ancestory. Just as many of them even resent being bother­ ed today. In the 11th and 18th ~enturies, farming was the flourishing enterprise, and the more children in the family made them appear to be better prepared for extensive undertakings in agriculture. So, large families were thought of in terms of thrift, and the Ameses did not overlook the importances of large families either. Some Ameses made achievements in other enterprises where keeping records were convenient for them. From 1550 to 1900, many Ameses and their families were ignored, and daughters and their families were intentionally dropped from rec­ ords. In this particular family history two descendants of Frances Worthington and Fisher Ames, 1758, of Dedham, Massachusetts, will be mentioned. Descendants of A. and W. - John W ., Nathaniel, Hannah, Jeremiah F., William, Seth, and Richard Ames {genealogy notes, E7. A 5132)= Brief reference of Seth Ames' family, other descendants of A. and W. family, passed without issue. Seth and William in early part of the 18th century settled on the 22 section of Bloomington Township, Mc­ Lean County, Illinois. Seth returned later to Massachu­ setts, ieaving William Ames, Sept. 30, 1799, Dedham, Massachusetts, a sole bachelor on the home place. Richard Ames, June 16, 1807, Dedham, Massachusetts, and Anna Maria Hellriggle, Jan. 4, 1802, Beolingsburg, Mary­ land, married April 12, 1831, Dayton, Ohio, by Ethan Allen, M. G. -1- Descendants of A. and H.: Ames-Fisher I. Fisher Ames, Born April 11, 1834, Dayton, Ohio, and Julia Ann Fisher, born June 22, 1839, Bangor, Maine, married June 7, 1859, Chatfield Minnesota by Rev. Hazel B. Slater. Father - William Fisher. Mother - Mary Ann (C.arpenter) Fisher. Descendants of A. and F .: A. William Richard Ames, Nov. 12, 1860, Chatfield, Minn­ esota, unmarried. Ames-Murrell B. Pelham Nathaniel Ames, July 21, 1861, Hudson, Illinois, and Ida Opal {Murrell) Gardner, Sept. 20, 1874, LaMonte, Mo., married May 20, 1902, Clinton, Mo., by Rev. C. M. Truex. Descendants of A. and M. : Ames-Bauder 1. Auddie Audrey Ames, Nov. 5, 1903, Calhoun, Mo., and Juanita Mae Bauder, Jan. 18, 1904, Logan, Iowa, married Jan. 30, 1928, Clayton, Mo. J. C. Evitts, J. P. Father - John C. Bauder. Mother - Martha Ann (Pugh) Bauder. No descendants of A. and B. Ames-Kensinger 2. Georgia Mae Ames, April 17, 1908, Calhoun, Mo., and Charles N. Kensinger, Aug. 17, 1907 Bloomington, Ill., married Dec. 26, 1926, Clinton, Ill., by Rev. Thomas H. Tues. Father - Charles H. Kensinger. Mother - Margaret (Richey) Kensinger. Descendants of A. and K. a. Arthur N. Kensinger, Dec. 16, 1927, Bloomington, Ill. and Irene Jo-Ann Smichedere, Creve Coeur, Ill., married March 14, 1948 in Creve Coeur. Descendants of K. and S. (1) Michael Nathaniel Kensinger, July 19, 1950, Creve Coeur, Ill. b. Kenneth Bruce Kensinger, Jan. 16, 1929, Blooming­ ton, Ill., and Ethel Candor, May 29, 1934, Creve Coeur, Ill., married Feb. 26, 1950,. in Creve Coeur, Illinois. Descendants of K. and C. -2- (1) StevenAllenKensinger, May 1, 1953, Creve Coeur, Ill. c. Glenn Franklin Kensinger, Jan. 30, 1932, Blooming­ ton, Ill., and Emily Marie Nevin, Bloomington, Ill., married Aug. 30, 1953, St. Patricks Church, Bloomington, Ill. Descendants of K. and N. (1) Glenn Franklin Kensinger, Jr., March 16, 1954, Peoria, Ill. (2) Charles ·William Kensinger, Nov. 10, 1955, Peoria, Ill. DEATHS: Mrs. Ida Opal {Murrell) {Gardner) Ames, Nov. 4, 1918, near Calhoun to Ames Plot, Calhoun Cemetery Mo. Mrs. Juanita Mae {Bauder) Ames, Apr. 18, 1935, St. Louis, Mo., to Ames Plot, Calhoun Cemetery. Pelham Nathaniel Ames, May 10, 1940, Hospital Clinton, Mo., to Ames Plot, Calhoun Cemetery. Ames-Weeks C. Abbie Ann Ames, March 2, 1863, Hudson, Ill., and James William Weeks, Aug. 22, 1859, Bloomington, Ill., married there Aug. 22, 1881, by Rev. Daniel Van Buskirk, Father and Mother - Simeon Edward Weeks, Sept. 4, 1837, Matteawan, N. Y., and Margaret Henrietta Stevenson, Oct. 7, 1840, Bloomington, Ill.? married Nov. 25, 1858, Bloomington, Illinois, by Seamon Rodman, J.P. Descendants of A. and W.: Weeks-Hilbert 1. Muzetta Ames Weeks, Sept. 3, 1887, Fort Douglas. {Post) Utah, and Thomas Lemuel Hilbert, Dec. 21, 1873, Boones Creek Community, Washington County, Tenn, married Aug. 1, 1909, Johnson City, Tenn. {Father and Mother) John Henry Hilbert, 1844, R_ockingham or Pleas­ ant Valley, Virginia, and Sarah Ellen Price, Dec.
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